Cobalt Top Stories

In the meme-stock era, even bad Voltswagen jokes are worth billions

You can’t blame VW for wanting a little bit of Tesla’s glamour. But its April Fools’ Day calamity shows the dangers of trying to be cool and funny.

Bloomberg Opinion | April 1, 2021 | 1:24 pm

DBS co-leads $625m finance deal in Indonesia battery metals project

The project by PT Halmahera Persada Lygend (PT HPAL) is…

Reuters | April 1, 2021 | 7:34 am

DeepGreen hits backs at firms opposing seafloor mining

Supporting a deep-sea mining moratorium is backing the environmental and…

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 1, 2021 | 7:25 am

Biden’s EV plan throws fuel on already hot car-charging sector

Biden on Wednesday proposed spending $174 billion to promote EVs…

Bloomberg News | March 31, 2021 | 12:23 pm

Vale sells New Caledonia nickel assets to Trafigura

Vale said it will have a supply contract with the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 31, 2021 | 7:16 am

Standard Lithium claims North America’s ‘highest grade brine’ from sampling in East Texas

Samples from the Smackover Formation all returned grades exceeding the average reported lithium analyses from other North American brine projects.

Staff Writer | March 28, 2023 | 9:03 am

Nickel price extends rebound on short-covering, low stocks

Prices jumped on Friday as inventories in warehouses linked to the Shanghai Futures Exchange slid to the lowest since July last year.

Reuters | March 28, 2023 | 8:05 am

Merdeka Battery Materials plans $580 million IPO

It will be the second nickel firm in Indonesia to go public this year after PT Trimegah Bangun Persada of the Harita conglomerate group.

Reuters | March 28, 2023 | 7:54 am

US, Japan strike deal on supply of minerals for EV batteries

EVs that use materials that have been collected or processed in Japan will be eligible for incentives under the IRA.

Bloomberg News | March 28, 2023 | 7:43 am

Biden tees up a supply chain rethink with challenge to China’s EVs

Ford confirmed last month that it will tap technology from CATL for a $3.5 billion plant it’s building in Michigan.

Bloomberg News | March 28, 2023 | 7:32 am

Bluejay Mining expands drilling at Finland nickel project

Decision follows "encouraging" results from the first exploration program of 2023 at Bluejay's Enonkoski nickel project.

Staff Writer | March 28, 2023 | 5:50 am

Liontown rejects $3.7 billion proposal from Albemarle

Liontown Resources rejected a non-binding indicative proposal of A$2.50 per share.

Reuters | March 27, 2023 | 4:11 pm

Harita Nickel raises $659 million in Jakarta IPO priced at top

Glencore among investors as commodity producers lead record listing pipeline for south-east Asian economy.

Bloomberg News | March 27, 2023 | 7:56 am

Li-Cycle to build French battery processing facility

The French facility, which is expected to open in 2024 and complement similar sites under development in Germany and Norway.

Reuters | March 27, 2023 | 7:49 am

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